Traveling case



Nov. 23, 1954 N. F. A. M. BoNNEv/W I 2,695,1l2

TRAVELING CASE Filed June 23, 1951 '|72 Sheet's-Sheet l lr- H Nov. 23,1954 N. F. A. M. BoNNEvAY 2,695,112

TRAVELING CASE I Filed June 25, 1.951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 9 V18 19 33 30 saa6 29 a [iM/@Mm Arry's United States Patent TRAVELING CASE Nol FranoisAntoine Marie Bonnevay, Lyon, France,

asslgnor to Bernard Tissot-Dupont, Annecy (Haute- Savoie), Francetransformationthrough the formation of compartments, the size of whichdepends on the size of the articles to be carried in the case and thatare held fast in said compartments without any possible shifting.

To this end, my improved travelling case houses an innerremovable-lining tted inside the case and subdivided into compartmentsof the desired size by removable trays fitted inside the latter or elseby partitions engaging grooves provided directly in said lining andtrays in order to provide further subdivision, these variouspartitioning means being made of plastic material. The unitary trays orcompartments formed are adapted to carry various toilet articles, suchas bottles, soap, a shava ing brush, brushes, a comb, etc. that are heldfast therein by reason of the said trays being designed to match thesize of said articles and also by reason of the inner surface of thecover of the case being provided with at least one layer of yielding andelastic material that engages upon a closing of the cover inside thevarious compartments to hold the toilet articles therein through thepressure thus exerted on them.

The various inner partitioning means provided for such a case or trunkare, as stated, made of plastic material and may consequently be washedthroughout.

l have illustrated by way of example in accompanying drawings apreferred embodiment of my invention, said illustration being providedby way of a mere exempliication and by no means in a binding sense. Insaid drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the actual case when open and empty;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inner lining before it issubdivided;

Fig. 3 is a view of the same lining after it has been subdivided bymeans of inner partitions;

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a tray to be used in cooperation withthe partitioning;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the lining for the case, when filled withtoilet and the like articles;

Fig. 6 is a cross-section through line VI-Vl of Fig. 5 of the lininginside the closed case.

The travelling case illustrated is constituted by an ordinary case 2inside which is inserted a lining 3 matching its inner surface. Thislining, that is readily removable with reference to the travelling case,is subdivided as shown in Fig. 2, by a medial partition 4 that may berigidly secured to the lining or be removable, and subdividing the caseinto two large compartments, 5a and 5b that may be subdivided in theirturn into compartments the size of which corresponds to that of thearticles to be carried therein.

To this end, the lining 3 is provided along the inner surfaces of itslongitudinal walls and along both surfaces of the medial partition 4with vertical grooves such as 6, which allows subdividing either of thecompartments 5a and 5b or both, into small unitary compartments that areseparated from one another by small partitions 7 (Fig. 3) held insidesaid grooves 6 into which they are introduced through a slidingmovement. Thus, as illustrated in Fig. 3, the large compartment 5a issubdivided into small compartments 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d and 8e. Inside thecompartment 5b is introduced a tray or lining 9 that is subdivided inits turn into a plurality of smaller cornpartments by a longitudinalpartition 9a and a transverse 2,695,112 Patented Nov. 23, 1954 partition9b engaging slidingly grooves 6a provided as shown in Fig. 4 in thesidewalls of the tray. The remainder of the compartment b is subdividedinto smaller compartments 10a, 10b and 10c, 10d through the transversepartitions 7.

By reason of the number of grooves 6 provided in the inner surfaces ofthe lining 3 and to either side of the medial partition 4, it ispossible to provide, according to requirements, small unitarycompartments the size of which corresponds to that of the articles to becarried.

Thus, Fig. 5 shows the lining 3 as carrying various toilet articles,such as a bottle 13, a perfume atomizer 14, a further bottle 15, brushes12 and 16, a shaving brush 17, a razor 18, a soap cake 19, etc. Itshould be noticed that the two partitions 7 of Fig. 3 that definebetween them a compartment Sc are each provided with a shoulder 21serving as a rest for a horizontal partition 22 subdividing saidcompartment into two further subcompartrnents of which the lowersubcompartment is not visible in Fig. 5 while the upper one carries thecomb 23, the scissors 24 and the articles 25 used for manicuring.

As apparent from inspection of Fig. 5, a tray 26 is fitted inside thecompartment 5b of the outer lining 3 to lill the part of saidcompartment that is left free by the tray 9, this arrangement replacingthe arrangement of small compartments 10a, 10b, 10c and 10d of Fig. 3.Said tray 26 is in its turn subdivided by partitions 26a and 2619 inorder to carry in separate subcompartments a sponge 28, a soap cake 27,a tooth brush 30 and a tooth paste 29.

The toilet articles are thus distributed so as to be carried each in acompartment of corresponding size. ln order to hold them securely insidetheir compartments whatever may be the movements to which the travellingcase is submitted, there is provided on the inner surface of the cover2a of the travelling case and as illustrated in Figs. l and 6, a cushion31 of yielding elastic material secured underneath said cover by meansof a peripheral strip 32 of metal, plastic material or the like held byscrews screwed into said cover. When the travelling case is closed, thecushion 31 engages the upper edges of the partitions defining thediiierent compartments and bulges into the latter to hold fast therein,as illustrated in Fig. 6, the diiierent articles housed in the severalcompartments.

Furthermore the articles that are less high than the partitions in thelining 3 are positioned, as illustrated in Fig. 6, on small cushions 33of yielding and elastic material laid at the bottom of the correspondingcompartments.

Obviously, my invention is by no means limited to the embodimentsdisclosed by way of a mere exemplication and it covers all themodications thereof falling within the scope of accompanying claim.

What l claim is:

A portable transformable toilet case, comprising a case body, a rigidlining of plastic material removably fitted inside said body, matchingthe inner wall of the latter throughout the extent and height thereofand provided along its inner surface with a plurality of verticalguides, a plurality of removable partitions fitted across the liningbetween cooperating selected guides, the different partitions defining,with one another and with the rigid lining, a plurality of compartments,a second rigid lining of plastic material iitted inside at least one ofthe compartments thus deiined and matching exactly its inner wall, acover for the case, a cushion lining said cover throughout its innersurface, and a yielding mat at the bottom of at least one compartment.

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